Machine for stretching collars.



PATENTED DEC. 20, 1904.

J. A. TAYLOR. MACHINE FOR STRETOHI-NG GOLLARS.

APPLIOATION TIL ED FEB. 24, 1904.

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PATENTED DEG. 20, 1904.

J. A. TAYLOR? MACHINE FOR STRBTUHING GOLLARS.

APPLIGATION IILED FEB. 24. 1904.

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JEREMIAH TAYLOR, OF OOHOES, NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR STRETCHING COLLARS.

SPEUIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,156, dated December 20, 1904;

' Application filed-February 24, 1904;. Serial N0u 195,038.

T0 on whom it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, JEREMIAH A. TAYLOR, a

I citizen of the United States, residing at C0- hoes, in the county of Albany and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Stretching Collars; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a machine for stretching collars, and has in view to provide a poweroperated machine for the purpose;

In the manufacture of shirt-collars it usuallyhappens that in the first laundering of the collars the different materials or fabrics of which the collar is formed will shrink unevenlythat is, one piece of the fabric will shrink more than the other piece. To overcome this objection, it has been the usual practice to stretch the collars by hand. It is also important that collars of a given size should be of uniform length after they are laundered in the manufacturing of the collars, and with this view it is usual in, the first laundering of the collars to stretch the same,-soas to have all of them of a given size uniform in length.

For the purpose of obtaining greater accuracy in the stretching of the collars and also for obtaining greater expedition, and consequently saving of time, I have devised a machine for the purpose which is designed to be power-operated and made up of elements by which all collars of a given size will be uniformly stretched, so that whenfinished all will be of a uniform length, and in which parts of the machine necessary for the purpose are adjustable, so as to adapt the machine to stretch collars of different sizes, the collars of each size being stretched uniformly.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as may hereinafter appear the invention consists in the features and in the combination of parts hereinafter particularly described and then sought to be clearly defined by the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, in wh1ch- Figure 1 1s a plan View of the machine; FIg.

vtical longitudinal section; Fig. 4:, a plan view of the final measuring-scale; Fig. 5, a perspective of the adjustable roll, and Fig. 6 a

ployed with the final measuring-scale.

The frame of the machine, as illustrated, comprises two standards 1, braced and connected together by cross-rods 2 and preferably formed on their inner faces with hubs 3, each standard being formed at one end with a longitudinal slot 4:. The frame carries a powershaft 5, which extends through the hubs 3 and is provided with a drive-pulley 6, which is secured thereto by a set-screw 7 or otherwise. The powershaft carries two gearwheels 8, one on each side of the frame, which wheels mesh with gear-wheels 9, supported on studs 10, projecting from the sides of the frame. The gear-wheels 9 are connected by pitmen or cranlcarms 11 to boxings12, which are free to slide in the slots a of the side standards l as the same are moved back and forth by the pitmen. The boxingsl2 carry a roll 13, which preferably is journaled in the boxings so. as to turn therein, merely for the purpose of taking agrip on the collar and not for stretching it. To the opposite side of the power or driving shaft 5 is located a second roll 14:. This roll is adjustable toward and from the driving-shaft and is preferably nonrotatable. To provide for its adjustment, the upper face of the standards 1 are formed with notches l5 and the ends of-the roll 14: are formed with projections orstuds l6, adapted to fit in the notches 15, andby making these projections or studs angularin' crosssection the roll 14: will be held against rotation. The notches 15 are at predetermined spaces apart, and a scale 17 will indicate the degree of adjustment of the roll 14:, said scale being prepared with regard or'reference to the sizes of the collars to be stretched.

From one side of the machine there is supported by brackets 19 a final measuring-scale perspective of one of the holding-pins em- 2, a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3, avershifted from one perforation to another.

The opposite end of the plate carries a pin 23, corresponding to the other pin, 22. The purpose of these pins 22 and 23 is to receive the buttonhole portions of the collar, so as to hold the finished collar in its distended position and determine whether the collar has been stretched to the desired extent. The pin 23 passes through a perforation 24: in a plate 25, which has a slight adjustment longitudinally of the scale-plate 20, said adjustment being provided for by slots 26, formed in the plate 25, and set-screw 27, which hold the plate 25 to the scale-plate 20.

The pitmen 11 have preferably a throw of approximately one inch and a half, so that in one revolution of the gears 9 the boxings 12 and roll 13, carried by them, are moved the distance of one inch and a half back and forth.

If desired, the gears 8 and 10 may be inclosed in a suitable casing to protect the same against contact of outside objects with the same.

In operation the ends of the collar, which is indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 3, are Wrapped around the rolls 13 and 14 and held on said rolls by the operator while the roll 13 is moved outward by the pitmen 11, this outward movement of the roll 13 stretching the collar. On the return movement of the roll 13 the collar is removed from the rolls 13 and 1 1 and then placed upon the pins 22 and 23 of the scale 20 to indicate whether the collar has been stretched to the extent desired, and thus the operation is repeated With each succeeding collar.

The rolls 13 and 14: are illustrated as corrugated longitudinally, so as to afford a better grip on the collar, and each roll has a swell at its central or middle portion, asillustrated.

I have illustrated and described with particularity the preferred details of construction and arrangement of the several parts; but it is to be understood that changes can be made therein and essential features of my invention be retained.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim is 1. A machine for stretching collars, comprising separate means for attachment thereto of different portions of a collar, and mechanism for automatically moving a predetermined distance one of said means toward and from the other for exerting a tension on the collar and releasing the tension thereon, substantially as described.

2. A machine for stretching collars, comprising separate mcans for attachment there to of different portions of a collar, and mechanism for moving one of said means from the other for exertinga stretching tension on the collar, one of said means being adjustable relatively to the other for different sizes 0 1 collars, substantially as described.

3. A machine for stretching collars, comprising rolls for attachment thereto of dill'erent portions of a collar, and means for moving one of said rolls away from the other to stretch the collar, one of said rolls being rotatable to take a grip upon the collar, substantially as described.

4:. A machine for stretching collars, comprising rolls for attachment thereto of diil'erent portions of a collar, and means for moving one of said rolls away from and toward the other to exert a tension on the collar and to release said tension, one of said rolls being adjustable in relation to the other to accommodate the rolls to different sizes of collars, substantially as described.

5. A machine for stretchingcollars comprising separate means for attachment thereto of different portions of a collar, mechanism for moving one of said means from the other for exerting a stretching tension on the collar, one of said means being adjustable relative to the other for different sizes of collars, and a scale adjacent to said adjustable means for determining the extent of adjustment of said means, substantially as described.

6. A machine for stretching collars, com prising rolls for attachment thereto of dill'crent portions of a collar, one of said rolls being slid able toward and from the other, crankarms connected with said slidable roll, and gears for actuating said crank-arms, substantially as described.

7. A machine for stretching collars, coluprising rolls for attachment thereto of dill'erent portions of a collar, one of said rolls being adjustable and the other being slidable toward and from it, a notched support for the adjustable roll, the notches thereof being spaced apart relatively to dilierent sizes of collars, crank-arms connected with the slidable roll, and gears for actuating said crankarms, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JEREMIAH A. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

HENRY A. STRONG, Geo. \V. ANnnnw. 

